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    "# Installation\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "## anaconda (recommended)\n",
    "\n",
    "The easiest way to install scikit-rf is to first install \n",
    "[anaconda](http://continuum.io/downloads), a binary package manager for python modules. Once anaconda is setup you can install scikit-rf by entering the following into a terminal\n",
    "\n",
    "    conda install -c conda-forge  scikit-rf\n",
    "\n",
    "    \n",
    "\n",
    "## pip\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "If you dont want to install anaconda (really, why not?), you can use  `pip`\n",
    "\n",
    "    pip install scikit-rf\n",
    "\n",
    "## git\n",
    "\n",
    "The bleeding-edge development version of **scikit-rf** may be installed from our [github page](https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf). You can use git directly, or  download a zipfile.\n",
    "\n",
    "    git clone git@github.com:scikit-rf/scikit-rf.git\n",
    "    cd scikit-rf\n",
    "    python setup.py install\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "## Other Optional Modules\n",
    "\n",
    "Some features of scikit-rf wont be available until you install additional\n",
    "modules. You can install these using conda or pip.\n",
    "\n",
    "### Instrument Control\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "*   pyvisa http://pyvisa.sourceforge.net/pyvisa/ \n",
    "*   python-vxi11 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-ivi/\n",
    "*   python-ivi  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-vxi11/ \n",
    "\n",
    "### Excel file export\n",
    "\n",
    "*   xlrd\n",
    "*   xlwt http://www.python-excel.org/ - for xls reading/writing"
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